The New Paper, 6 August 2012

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    13 1 the new paper MON DAY AUG 6 2012 70 CENTS MICA (P) 090/01/2012
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      188 1 GET YOUR NEW CARD TODAY MONDAY AUG 6 2012 twitter.com/thenewpaper facebook.com/thenewpaper To subscribe: 6388 3838 Contest extended to Aug 12 Little Bryan Liu on road to recovery after getting new kidney LOOK MUM,I CAN WEE WEE Mum says of the first time he urinated in three years: ‘He was so
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      Lock icon Bryan can’t BELIEVE HE CAN PEE
      1013 2 / 3  -  6-year-old, youngest recipient of altruistic donor kidney, couldn’t ‘go for past three years REPORTS: CHAI HUNG YIN chaihyn@sph.com.sg IT’S something that practically everyone takes for granted. But for little Bryan Liu, being able to urinate never felt so good. Last Friday was the first
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      Lock icon Mother can’t BELIEVE HE DONATED KIDNEY
      1093 2 / 3 On seeing his conviction, donor’s mum stays by him during whole process WHEN her son told her he was donating a kidney to a stranger, her first thought was that he had gone nuts. Madam Serene Neo, 47, a housewife, told The New Paper
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      Lock icon Most don’t BELIEVE THEY’D DONATE
      783 4  -  Kidney donors, dead and living, are scarce and waiting list for transplant is long one REPORT: CHAI HUNG YIN chaihyn@sph.com.sg THE story about why he donated one of his kidneys to a stranger has inspired, touched and moved readers. But many are still hesitant when
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      Lock icon Donor BELIEVES DAD’S ALIVE
      534 5 Daughter who tried to donate liver to her father kept in dark about death THE devoted daughter went through a painful operation to remove part of her liver, hoping to save her ailing father. Unfortunately, he died of excessive blood loss three hours into the operation,
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      770 6 / 7  -  Aware asks for support for single mums and foreign wives of S’poreans REPORT: ESTHER NG estherng@sph.com.sg WANT more babies? Then support single unwed mothers and foreign wives whose children are Singaporean. In a paper submitted to the National Population and Talent Division, the Association of
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      Lock icon Do more to support foreign wives: Aware
      608 6 / 7 SUPPORT foreign wives too, suggested Aware. Doing so would improve Singapore’s birth rate. So Aware suggested granting permanent residency and citizenship rights to foreign mothers of Singaporean children so that their families are able to remain intact. Not having permanent residency or citizenship
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      959 10 / 11  -  Foreign worker goes for skull reconstruction paid forbyNGO REPORTS: BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg After workplace accidents, three foreign workers each had a dent in their heads. Why? Because they suffered head injuries and had part of their skulls removed. For two of them, their
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      429 10 / 11 TWO doctors who are not involved in Mr Majibar Hakim’s case told The New Paper that patients can live without cranioplasty surgery, but they do so at the risk of sustaining a dangerous blow to the affected area. Associate Professor Lim Thiam Chye from the National University Hospital
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      373 10 / 11 THE employers of Mr Mosa Kalimolla Siraj and Mr Md Lablu Md Rowshan Molla will be paying for the workers’ operations. A spokesman for the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) told The New Paper in an e-mail response that it had investigated the claims of the three
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      728 12 / 13  -  In Marina Bay, plans are being made to replace labour-intensive conventional methods of waste collection with an automated underground system. CHNG CHOONHIONG and LEE HUP KHENG show you what it might look like. CHNG CHOON HIONG, LEE HUP KHENG NEED to dispose of waste in your office? Go
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      Lock icon An opportunity for families to bond
      1289 14 / 15  -  Taking part in The New Paper Big Walk is a yearly tradition for some families REPORT: HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg FROM striding solo in his teens, he now has his children by his side when he takes part in the Big Walk. Mr Kenny Neo,
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      652 17  -  It was traced via microchip, had been pack leader of Tuas strays REPORT: JUDITH TAN juditht@sph.com.sg ALTHOUGH Eddy, an eight-month-old german shepherd, disappeared two years ago, owner Leonora Lai never gave up looking for it. She searched everywhere after the dog ran out of
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      Lock icon Woman survives 5-storey fall
      251 18 SHE fell from her high-rise apartment and lived to tell the tale. A man has been arrested and is being investigated for attempted murder. The woman in her 20s fell five storeys and landed on a ledge in George Town, Penang, on Saturday, reported The Star.
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      Lock icon Bouncer shot three times
      468 18 Sitting with friends outside pub... WEARING a full-face helmet, he walked up to a pub bouncer, pulled out a gun and fired three shots point blank. The gunman then ran back to a waiting motorcycle and sped off. The bouncer was gunned down outside a pub
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      Lock icon 10 fires rage across US state
      459 19 30-day state of emergency declared in Oklahoma AP THE spread of the wildfire in Oklahoma, has become so bad that Governor Mary Fallin has declared a 30-day state of emergency and a statewide burn ban in all 77 counties of the US state. On
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      Lock icon Delhi police tow away car with tot
      446 19 THEYhad left their baby alone in the car in a no-parking zone in New Delhi on Saturday. But police towed the vehicle away even though the rear window was rolled down, revealing the child, reported the Times of India. Fortunately it ended well
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      601 20 Fifty years after her death, the sex symbol becomes a brand icon for a new generation AP SHE died some 50 years ago, but her legend lives on, more vibrantly than ever. Yesterday marked the half-centu-ry anniversary of the death of sultry actress Marilyn Monroe, whose
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      Lock icon Rats, to dine for
      274 20 THE opening and dinner at the Allegra LaViola Gallery on New York City’s Lower East Side last Wednesday night looked like any other art event. There were stylish people from Brooklyn and Manhattan, all impeccably dressed. But the highlight of the evening was the food furry
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      Lock icon Surprise sight: Gay pride on show in Hanoi
      572 21 No official okay, but cyclists flying rainbow flags not stopped by cops THE first gay pride parade in communist Vietnam took place in the capital, Hanoi, yesterday with dozens of cyclists displaying balloons and rainbow flags streaming through the streets. Organised by
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      61 22 HARD TO SWALLOW: One reader lost his appetite after taking his first mouthful of a packaged meal he bought from a foodcourt stall in a Sengkang mall yesterday. He spotted a cockroach in the box. I E-mail pictures to tnpclick@sph.com.sg and tell us where and when they were taken.
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      Lock icon Parents need to do their homework, too
      163 22 MOHAMED SIRAJUDIN MOHAMED SALMAN I REFER to the report “Complaints against tuition agencies Should industry be regulated?” (The New Paper, Aug 2). I believe regulating private tutors will just cement our reputation as a tuition nation. Educating all parties would be a more
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      255 22 JOEL AZARIAH LIN MOST people do see Singapore as a tuition nation, as parents want their children to outshine others in school, get a university degree and have a better quality of life in the future. The Ministry of Education should
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      64 22 YOUR VIEWS E-mail tnptalk@sph.com.sg or write to The New Paper, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Level 6, Annexe Block, Singapore *****4 For verification, we need the writer’s full name and contact number (preferably a handphone). We reserve the right to edit letters. By your submission, it is deemed that you have
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      812 24 / 25  -  Sun and rope burns aside, Sasuke Singapore has celebs huffing and puffing REPORT: NG EE CHING neeching@sph.com.sg YOU could say Fly Entertainment artist Bobby Tonelli received “special treatment” during the filming of Sasuke Singapore’s celebrity episode back in June. After all, the Singapore-based American ac-tor-DJ’s
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      331 24 / 25  -  Gregory Loo WHEN I started writing this piece, I wanted to emphasise how difficult Sasuke actually is. Especially after suffering through the sweltering Sentosa heat and coming back to the office with the salty taste of seawater and defeat still lingering in my mouth. After
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      331 24 / 25  -  Ng Ee Ching A WEEK before my first-hand Sasuke Singapore experience, my friends wanted to make sure I did not humiliate myself and made me “work out” by running and carrying their heavy items to tone up. One even wagered that I wouldn’t make it
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      781 26 / 27  -  Taiwanese hip-hop group’s Universal Studios visit with fans is marred by wet weather REPORT: KWOK KAR PENG karpengk@sph.com.sg THEY had just one hour out of their tight work schedule to visit Universal Studios Singapore on Saturday afternoon with eight of their local fans. Taiwanese hip-hop
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      413 26 / 27  -  Kwok Kar Peng TWO years ago, if someone had angered Da Mouth’s Sakamoto Chun Wha with a personal attack, he would have exploded into a rage. But not any more, he told The New Paper in an interview on Saturday. “Back then,
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        114 28 BRITISH director Danny Boyle is dating US actress Rosario Dawson, who is 22 years his junior. The Slumdog Millionaire film-maker, 55, who served as creative director of the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony, was spotted walking hand in hand with his new girlfriend
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        102 28 US ACTRESS-comedienne Roseanne Barr (above), 59, became the butt of her peers’ jokes over the weekend. The Comedy Central Roast Of Roseanne was taped at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. It featured celebs like Sharon Stone, Carrie Fisher, Ellen Barkin, Tom Arnold
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        127 28 Who says Fann Wong can’t cut it as a singer? When news broke last month that the 41-year-old MediaCorp actress was invited to represent Singapore at this year’s Asia Song Festival by its organisers in Korea, netizens wondered if she was the right choice especially since
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        114 28 US ACTOR Ashton Kutcher, 34, is reportedly so serious about new girlfriend, US actress Mila Kunis, 28, that he’s already planning marriage and babies. The former That ’70s Show co-stars have been living together and recently took a vacation to Bali. A source
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        115 28 NICK Jonas (above) has confirmed that he’s in the running to fill the American Idol judge’s seat vacated by Aerosmith rocker Steven Tyler. The 19-year-old US singer of boy band Jonas Brothers tweeted: “The rumours are true… I am being
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  • Racing
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      583 39 STC THE promising American-bred three-year-old FLASH GIFT kept his unbeaten record when he registered his third successive win in impressive fashion in Race 6 at Kranji yesterday. Trained by John O’Hara and ridden by regular partner Greg Cheyne, the son of Lawyer Ron, a winner
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S AUSTRALIA (KALGOORLIE) RESULTS
      268 39 RACE 3 Kalgoorlie 1st 6 Bonsoleil ($71-$14) 2nd 5 Elite Class ($9) 3rd 2 Scenic Park ($5.10) 4th 1 Holy Sandgroper. Forecast $93. Tierce $793. Trio $59. Quartet $2478. Quadro: $25. RACE 5 Kalgoorlie 1st 2 Joyeux ($25-$8) 2nd 3 Flying Foray ($6) 3rd 7 Secret
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      Lock icon Yin Xin guns down Mr Big in the main sprint
      672 40 / 41  -  Trainer Kieser’s winner is the third leg of a treble for top-form Moreira TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg THE race was touted as a two-horse affair and it ended that way. But the result did not favour the favourite. Mr Big,
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      251 40 / 41 STC KRANJI apprentice Zawari Razali found little joy at the 2012 Asian Young Guns Challenge in Macau on Saturday when he could only finish eighth in the annual event. Trainer Brian Dean’s Malaysian apprentice chalked up 10 points from his third place aboard Charming Eagle in
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      848 40 / 41 FOUR–WAY FINISH:Who Els (E Aslam) prevailing by a head from No. 1 Lucky Twenty Three, with a nose to Chan's Electra (centre) and a neck to Rich Born on the inside. Race 1 C5 D1 1200m 8 SAMURAI KID 56.5 c 52.5 (31-10) P Dellorto* (4)
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      32 40 / 41 Sunday, Aug 05 2012 First Second Third 2415 8936 8003 Starters 6957 3879 0186 1282 1149 6475 0761 0138 8240 2819 Consolations 6872 4344 1733 3721 7288 5687 6598 1441 6109 1701
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  • Sports
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      Lock icon GREAT GREATER GREATEST
      354 56 Wire Services JUST four weeks after breaking down in tears when Roger Federer shattered his hopes of a first Wimbledon title, Britain’s Andy Murray returned to Centre Court yesterday to demolish the Swiss great 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 in the Olympic men’s final In just one hour and
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        Lock icon Ecclestone: F1 at Olympic Stadium would draw crowds
        118 42 Reuters FORMULA One supremo Bernie Ecclestone said on Saturday that crowds would flock to watch motor racing if it were staged at Britain’s 2012 Olympic Stadium, currently hosting track and field events. The possibility of motor racing taking place at the stadium
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        Lock icon Henry leads by three points in Stableford scoring event
        123 42 AFP AMERICAN JJ Henry earned 14 points to take a three-point lead after the third round of the PGA Tour’s Reno-Tahoe Open on Saturday. Henry posted an eagle for the third consecutive day and has 36 points overall in the Stableford
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        Lock icon Mourinho: Madrid squad are ‘almost complete’
        107 42 Reuters REAL Madrid’s squad are “almost complete”, coach Jose Mourinho said as the La Liga champions prepare to begin the defence of their title starting in two weeks. Real are reportedly chasing Tot- tenham Hotspur’s Croatian playmaker Luka Modric, with one or both of
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        Lock icon Furyk stays ahead with ice-cool pars
        608 42 GOLF Reuters AMERICAN Jim Furyk, seeking his first US PGA Tour victory in two years, survived a testing back nine with several ice-cool par saves to cling on to the lead in yesterday morning’s (Singapore time) third round of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. Two shots
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        Lock icon Redknapp: Modric will leave Spurs
        603 43 Wire Services FORMER Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp has warned Spurs fans to brace themselves for the departure of Luka Modric. The Croatia playmaker has been the subject of transfer speculation for the second consecutive summer, with Real Madrid reportedly his likeliest destination. Chelsea’s interest was
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        Lock icon Tampines deny Albirex again
        234 43 STARHUB LEAGUE CUP TAMPINES3 (Sead Hadzibulic 40, Gligor Gligorov 73, Ahmad Latiff 120) ALBIREX3 (Sho Kamimura 37,66, Atsushi Shimono 97) I Tampines win 6-5 on penalties THREE times the White Swans took the lead, but each time Tampines responded, the last equaliser coming in the final
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    • LONDON 2012
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        Lock icon Britain pay the penalty
        719 44 / 45  -  Same old story as Sturridge misses pivotal spot-kick YOUR ENGLISH KAKI IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg QUARTER-FINAL TEAM GREAT BRITAIN 1 (Aaron Ramsey 35-pen) SOUTH KOREA 1 (Ji Dong Won 29) I 1-1 after extra time, Korea win 5-4 on penalties HOW predictable. How absolutely, utterly, punch-you-in-the-face-and-kick-you-in-the-groin predictable.
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        Lock icon Damiao set to SOAR
        610 44 / 45  -  Former reject a rare Brazilian predator GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg QUARTER–FINAL BRAZIL 3 (Leandro Damiao 38,60, Neymar 51 -pen) HONDURAS 2 (Mario Martinez 12, Roger Espinoza 48) THE TEST of his persistence came early in his career. Not good enough, was the verdict of the scouts at
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        Lock icon Pearce sees positives in exit
        404 44 / 45 PA Sport GREAT Britain coach Stuart Pearce believes his players are stronger for their Olympic experience, despite seeing them suffer penalty shoot-out heartache in their quarter-final defeat by South Korea yesterday morning (Singapore time). The clash at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff had finished 1-1
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        Lock icon Parreira: Neymar can lead Brazil to glory
        399 44 / 45 AP NEYMAR can lead Brazil to the elusive Olympic gold, according to former national coach Carlos Alberto Parreira, though he admitted that the talented striker still has some growing up to do. Parreira, who coached Brazil to their 1994 World Cup triumph, expects
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        830 46 / 47 Three golds in 45 minutes delights home crowd ATHLETICS Wire Services BRITAIN won three gold medals in one athletics session for the first time in Olympic history yesterday morning (Singapore time). Jessica Ennis, Greg Rutherford and Mo Farah delighted a capacity crowd of 80,000 with three triumphs in
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        Lock icon When a gold medallist still plays second fiddle
        570 46 / 47 WOMEN’S 100M Wire Services BACK home in Jamaica, when Shel-ly-Ann Fraser-Pryce visits the neighbourhood supermarket, inevitably the questions will arise. Sure, she’s recognised across the small island, but they don’t ask about her Olympic gold medal from the Beijing Games. “Where is
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      • LONDON BRIEFS
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          Lock icon Ethiopia’s Gelana wins marathon gold
          149 46 / 47 AFP ETHIOPIA’S Tiki Gelana won gold in the women’s marathon on the streets of London yesterday, denying the powerful Kenyans their first Olympic crown in a Games record time of 2hr 23min7sec. Priscah Jeptoo, part of a Kenyan contingent eyeing a medals sweep after last
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          146 46 / 47 AFP SOUTH Korea’s Jin Jong Oh completed an Olympic pistol shooting double yesterday, winning the men’s 50m pistol gold eight days after his triumph in the 10m pistol. The 32-year-old sharpshooter amassed 662 points to lead a South Korean one-two ahead of Choi Young Rae,
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          Lock icon Shock defeats for Bulgaria and US
          152 46 / 47 Reuters ARGENTINA overcame Bulgaria and Russia rallied to defeat the US holders in Saturday’s Olympic men’s volleyball as the two group front-runners were beaten for the first time. Brazil, who are also tipped for a medal, narrowly avoided defeat against Serbia who pushed them
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        Lock icon China swim to all-time high
        606 49 Two-gold hero Sun Yang slams doping suspicions, says his success boils down to plain hard work AFP CHINA celebrated the most successful Olympic swimming campaign in their history but the Asian giants still had to confront suspicions that their success was not simply down to
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        Lock icon OLYMPICS WATCH
        341 49 WHAT’S ON I 3pm: Hockey Women’s pool New Zealand v Germany (ESPN 9, Ch 142) I 4pm: Basketball Men’s pool Australia v Russia (ESPN 6, Ch 139) I 4.30pm: Volleyball Men’s pool Australia v Poland (ESPN 8, Ch 141) I 4.30pm: Handball Men’s pool Hungary v Serbia (ESPN
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        Lock icon MAN FROM ATLANTIS
        913 50 / 51  -  Phelps showed no fear, it is why he sits alone on the mountain top SWIMMING LEONARD THOMAS leonardt@sph.com.sg HE’S taken part in 24 Olympic events spanning four Games. He’s been to six world championships. He’s also raced in three Pan Pacific championships. Count the hours spent training
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        Lock icon He thanks coach and moves on
        841 50 / 51 Wire Services FLASHING a lop-sided smile of satisfaction and relief, Michael Phelps left the Olympic arena for the final time yesterday morning (Singapore time) after finishing his competitive career with a scarcely credible 18 gold medals. The boy from Baltimore, who had set out
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        Lock icon One more time
        705 52  -  Men’s paddlershope to play in Olympics 2016 TABLE TENNIS LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM LONDON THE target was achieved and the defeat, inevitable. But the paddlers of the Singapore men’s team are not just done with their Olympic dreams just yet, even as Father Time catches
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        Lock icon Boring that we always win? That’s ITTF’s problem
        279 52 CHINA COACH: AP CHINA’S men’s team head coach Liu Guoliang knows his country’s lopsided victories in table tennis may damage the game’s image, failing to promote interest in the rest of the world. China wiped out Singapore 3-0 yesterday in barely an
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        Lock icon SINGAPORE IN ACTION
        70 52 WHAT’S GONE TABLE TENNIS I Men’s team quarter-finals China bt Singapore 3-0 (Ma Long bt Gao Ning 11 -4,11 -5,11 -6, Wang Hao bt Zhan Jian 11-8,11-3,11 -4, Wang Hao/Zhang Jike bt Yang Zi/Zhan Jian 11-8,11-9,11-3) I Women’s team semi-finals Singapore v Japan (2am this morning) WHAT’S
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        Lock icon Sweet revenge for Murray
        714 53 Scot wins gold to erase memories ofWimbledon loss to Federer last month TENNIS Wire Services BRITAIN’S Andy Murray completed an astonishing recovery from last month’s Wimbledon heartache to thrash Switzerland’s Roger Federer and claim Olympic gold on Centre Court yesterday. Exactly four weeks after Federer had
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        Lock icon Williams sisters create history
        376 53 AFP VENUS and Serena Williams became the first tennis players to win four Olympic golds yesterday after a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Czech pair Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka in the women’s doubles final at Wimbledon. The Williams sisters had already won doubles gold at the
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        Lock icon Super Dan just wants a break
        709 54 / 55  -  OUR MAN IN LONDON After becoming the first man to retain the Olympic badminton singles title... LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg HE IS considered one of the greatest, if not the greatest shuttler to ever walk on this planet. And now that China’s lin Dan
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        Lock icon BWF: Group system to stay
        451 54 / 55 AFP BADMINTON’S world body brushed off suggestions that a match-throwing scandal may have put its Olympic future at risk and stood by its controversial group system, calling it an “extraordinary success” yesterday. Badminton World Federation (BWF) president Kang Young Joong said the tournament’s presentation had
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      • ON TV
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          110 54 / 55 LIVE TELECASTS MAN UNITED SUMMER TOUR 2012 Thursday: I MAN UNITED v BARCELONA StarHub TV Ch 222 (Football Channel), 1.55am Sunday: I HANNOVER v MAN UNITED StarHub TV Ch 222 (Football Channel), 2.15am J-LEAGUE Saturday: I YOKOHAMA MARINOS v ALBIREX NIIGATA StarHub TV Ch 222 (Football Channel), 5.55pm PRE-SEASON
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          Lock icon OLYMPICS
          38 54 / 55 Today: I DAY 10 SingTel mioTVCh 114 (ESPN), 3pm 8.30pm; Ch 115 (STAR Sports) Ch 117 (ESPN HD), 3.55pm; MediaCorp Ch 5,4pm; Ch U, 7.30pm; okto, mn I PRIMETIME UPDATE SingTel mio TV Ch 114 (ESPN), 8pm
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          27 54 / 55 RENO-TAHOE OPEN Tomorrow: I DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel), 7am PGA CHAMPIONSHIP Friday: I DAY 1 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel), 2am
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          60 54 / 55 ATP 1000 ROGERS CUP Today: I DAY 1, ROUND 1 StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 11 pm Tomorrow: I DAY 2, ROUND 1 2 StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 11 pm Wednesday: I DAY 3, ROUND 2 StarHub TV
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